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  • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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    05 months ago

    The way RFK makes (coherent) arguments in public is streets ahead of Biden and Trump, but so is almost any politician.

    In terms of honesty, RFK is between Biden and Trump. Half truths and populism, rather than the full lies of Trump.

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      25 months ago

      No, it isn’t. He’s a conspiracy theorist. Voting for him is endorsing conspiracy theorists.

      • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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        05 months ago

        The Tuskegee experiment is not the same as Flat Earth. Conspiracy theories are not a homogeneous and neither are conspiracy theorists.

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          25 months ago

          The Tuskegee Experiment was not a conspiracy theory. So, in that sense you’re right.

          Conspiracy theories and theorists are homogenous: the flawed thinking is inherent to the concept. Conspiracy theories are untrue by definition, and nothing to do with real conspiracies.

          • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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            5 months ago

            Fuck off. The Tuskegee Experiment was a conspiracy. A group of people secretly performed illegal medical experiments on the African American population.

            Conspiracy theories and theorists are homogenous.

            Only within each conspiracy. Oliver Stone believes the JFK conspiracy theory but I doubt he believes the elite are literally lizard people.

            the flawed thinking is inherent to the concept

            Incorrect. An illegal agreement between two or more parties has no connection to how logical the process is of whoever is suspicious.

            Conspiracy theories are untrue by definition,

            Incorrect. They are unproven by definition. They may be true or false.

            and nothing to do with real conspiracies.

            Real (I assume you mean proven) conspiracies start off as theories.